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How The TSA’s Security Theater Harms Us All
Security expert Bruce Schneier has been debating the former TSA boss, Kip Hawley, over at The Economist, concerning aviation security. The argument has gone on pretty much as expected, but Schneier’s closing argument, in which he details the very real… Continue reading
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The JavaScript “Ah ha!” Moment
If you feel like you have a decent understanding of JavaScript, what was your “Ah ha!” moment? Or are you still waiting for it?
The JavaScript “Ah ha!” Moment is a post from CSS-Tricks
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Captain’s Prerogative: CBS Suddenly Decides To Block Fan-Created Star Trek Show Despite Past Support
When you hold the copyright to something really popular—a true cultural phenomenon—the rules tend to change a little bit. The sheer size of the fanbase means stomping out every instance of infringement is completely unrealistic, so creators… Continue reading
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Trademark Lawyers Push For Crazy New Domain Rules Making It Easy For Them To Take Away Others’ Domains
IP maximalists now seem to be targeting ICANN as yet another way to overclaim their rights and block legitimate domains from existing. As we’ve been discussing, there have been several fights concerning the new generic top level domains (gTLDs) where … Continue reading
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Kevin Smith On Why You Don’t Have To Be Kevin Smith To Try Innovative New Things
It’s become a bit of a running joke that whenever a creator finds success with an innovative new business model, detractors insist that it’s the exception rather than the rule—that it only worked because the artist was big, or small, or medium-si… Continue reading
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Universal Music Claims Piracy Justifies Monopoly, Wants The Power To Control Digital Music Services
In a short article discussing how European antitrust officials don’t appear to be too keen on Universal Music buying up EMI, and turning Universal Music (already the largest music label) into a truly dominant player in the market, there’s this little t… Continue reading
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If ACTA Is So Great, Where Are All The Supporters Extolling Its Virtues?
One of the striking features of the ACTA debate is the deafening silence from those who are in favor of it. Maybe that’s down to the SOPA effect: companies and organizations are frightened of being associated with such an unpopular idea. Of course, it… Continue reading
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UK Judge Attracts Libel Tourists With $775k Award To New Zealand Cricket Player Over Defamatory Tweet
The UK has become famous for its overly aggressive libel laws and how they lead to libel tourism, with people from other countries running internet libel cases through the UK to take advantage of the favorable laws. Add to that the rise of Twitter, an… Continue reading
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How to ‘Git’ ASP.NET Web Stack
Recently Microsoft went Apache 2.0 with large chunks of the ASP.NET Web Framework. Just before that, they introduced Git support on Codeplex. Now it doesn’t seem so co-incidental.
Git, if you didn’t know is a Distributed Version Control System (DVCS), and has been the OSS world’s darling since it got introduced. GitHub, the premier source control site for OSS projects having overtaken Continue reading
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Digital Distribution: Exchanging Control For Convenience
Digital distribution can be a good thing, eliminating shipping, packaging, printing, storage, etc. and allowing instantaneous order fulfillment. Unfortunately, it has its downside, especially when digital products are tied to “walled gardens.” The poss… Continue reading
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